HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 470 Gold)
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 470 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 Qualcomm Hexagon 688

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 618
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU frequency 600 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 16 2
Shaders 256 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.8 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2019 Quarter 2
Partnumber SM7150-AA
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Snapdragon 730
314730

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Snapdragon 730
531

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Snapdragon 730
1752